Although Manchester City were able to survive their unbeaten run and remain at the top of the table after back-to-back away encounters, they slowed down their progress and narrowed the gap with the teams behind them. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Arsenal won the game in direct talks with Newcastle United and then drew at home to Manchester City, taking them to 32 points, two points behind Newcastle and four points behind Manchester City in second place.

On the 7th, the Manchester City team met a strong opponent again in the league, this time their opponent was Aston Villa, their record this season is quite good, and the points have been maintained in the top six, but the Manchester City team that finally returned to home still beat Aston Villa with a hearty 4-0 victory, a wash of the previous grievances, Ding Hongxing scored two goals, Nedved and Seedorf each scored one goal, due to the Arsenal team was unexpectedly drawn at home by Derby County in this round of the game, Manchester City's lead in the standings extended to six points, This allows them to finally focus on challenging Juventus away from home.

The match against Juventus follows Manchester City flying to Turin, Italy, two days before they will challenge Juventus at the Alp Stadium for top spot in the group.

Juventus were also determined to win this game before the game, they are the reigning champions of the Champions League, they have been at the top of Serie A this season, and they have basically had a smooth ride in the Champions League group stage, but they lost away to Manchester City without temper, in that game, they were completely suppressed by Manchester City, and Juventus were even forced to not have a single threatening shot on goal, which is a great shame for them.

For the sake of shame, Juventus gritted their teeth in the fourth round of the group stage and won Fenerbahce, in fact, they only need to draw to qualify in advance, but if they draw, they will lose the opportunity to compete for the first place in the group, in that case, in the final round of the game, Manchester City will definitely send all the substitutes, even if Juventus defeats such Manchester City, it is not a victory.

Now, Juventus still have the possibility of competing for the top spot in the group, so Manchester City is unlikely to send too many substitutes, and if Juventus wins, it will be a bad breath.

In fact, a strong team should not have this kind of battle of will, which is not good for the following games, but Serie A has been strong for a long time for the Premier League, but they lost to a Premier League team without any temper, this face is really not a loss, they have to get it back anyway.

After the start of this game, Ding Hongxing suddenly found that Zidane and Juventus have changed a lot, Zidane used to be a slow and rhythmic midfielder, and he always had to control the ball before it was passed after getting the ball, his passing was of course very good, but this slow style made him unable to get rid of Ding Hongxing's defense, and was eaten to death by Ding Hongxing, but in this game, Zidane obviously strengthened his running and increased the possibility of a kick, although a kick increased the possibility of a mistake, However, it also increased the rhythm of the team and increased the difficulty of Ding Hongxing's defense.

The rest of the Juventus squad also increased their movement, paying attention to Zidane, and several of their midfielders were close to Zidane, especially Tacchinadi, who almost completely became Zidane's bodyguard, protecting him by Zidane's side, while Piero also pulled back his position, ready to receive Zidane's passes, acting as another midfield playmaker.

Zidane and Juventus's changes are still very effective, compared to the last game Zidane was stared at their midfield was completely unable to function, this time their midfield is much more dynamic, their attack is much more fluid, another reason is that this is in Juventus's home stadium, the referee's scale is tighter, Manchester City players on Juventus players Some physical confrontations, in the Premier League may not be ignored by the referee at all, but in this game, it is often whistled by the referee, This naturally caused a lot of trouble to the defense of the Manchester City team, but it was a great liberation for Juventus's attack.

In this case, the Manchester City team gradually fell into passivity, fortunately, Mu Shengli expected that this game would be difficult before the game, and also gave the players a preventive shot in advance, so the Manchester City players did not panic, they retreated the defensive formation by about ten meters, Ding Hongxing also retreated to the front of the penalty area, acting as a back midfielder, and Makelele and Nedved built an iron wall at the front of the penalty area, with these three players with strong running ability and defensive ability sweeping and intercepting back and forth in the back position, Juventus's attack is also difficult to get into the penalty area, and even if it does, the two excellent central defenders in the penalty area, Stam and Hyypia, are not vegetarians, not to mention a goalkeeper like Jaaskelainen in front of the goal, who seems to never make mistakes, so it is difficult for Juventus's attack to have any practical effect.

In addition to attacking, Juventus can not fail to pay attention to defense, because Ding Hongxing's long pass can be said to be the first in the world, if Juventus presses too high, his long pass plus the offensive combination of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Larsson and Seedorf in the front, their counterattack will be very sharp, so Juventus must leave at least three or four people in the backfield to pay attention to the defense of the Manchester City team.

In this way, the game was deadlocked from the beginning, and the mentality of the Manchester City team was not in a hurry to attack, they could be satisfied with a draw, and even as long as they did not lose more than two goals, they could be satisfied, so except for the two strikers and Seedorf, the Manchester City team basically did not press the half.

Although Juventus's attacking power is strong, it is not so easy for them to score goals when they encounter a super defensive combination like Manchester City, and they have to be distracted to defend against Manchester City's counterattack.

In this way, the game time was slowly exhausted, and in the last 20 minutes or so of the second half, although Juventus was unwilling, Lippi still let his players slow down the attacking tempo to avoid being attacked by Manchester City, which also means that he has basically accepted the end of second place in the group.

Since both sides have such a tacit understanding, the referee is also very knowledgeable, and basically blew the whistle for the end of the game without giving any stoppage time, and the two sides exchanged blanks and qualified hand in hand from Group C.